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Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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25 bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Displaced Georgians look to US for hope, aid
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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26 dead as Philippine troops flush out rebels
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines Peace deal to be renegotiated
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Philippines peace in tatters after rebel attack
Southern Ledger - August 21, 2008
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Global News Archive for December 2007:
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Hamas Arrests Aide to Palestinian Prime Minister
The Hamas police in Gaza arrested an aide to the Palestinian prime minister, Salam Fayyad...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Ethiopia Turns to Civilian Patrols
Some say the militias that Ethiopia, America?s ally, is drafting in the Ogaden region are hardly voluntary...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Man accused of chip shop murders
A man is charged with the murder of two men found dead above a chip shop in Shropshire...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Fire crews tackle blaze at houses
Firefighters tackle a blaze at a row of houses in the County Antrim seaside town of Ballycastle...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Snooker: Maguire into final
Scot Stephen Maguire seals his place in the final of the UK Championship with a 9-5 win over Shaun Murphy...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Foot-and-mouth measures eased
EU restrictions on British meat and livestock imposed because of foot-and-mouth are relaxed after no new cases were confirmed...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
EU offers Serbia deal on Kosovo
EU leaders offer to speed up Serbia's membership in the bloc in a deal linked to the breakaway region of Kosovo...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
US Senate passes Iraq funds bill
The US Senate authorises more spending for the Iraq war, without tying the bill to a troop withdrawal timetable...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Man who tried to save baby dies
A man has died in hospital after a suspected arson attack which also claimed the life of a toddler in Leeds...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Keep to law, fuel protesters told
The government warns against illegal blockades as fuel protesters prepare for a day of action...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Nasa 'to support UK Moon mission'
The US space agency is likely to back plans to send a UK probe to the Moon, BBC News has learned...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Separatists in Philippines Agree to Reconcile
Two rival Islamic separatist groups have agreed to reconcile by next year, a pledge that has raised hopes that the insurgency in the south of the Philippines might finally come to an end...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
At Bali Climate Conference, Signs of Compromise
The United Nations conference looked to be heading for a landmark agreement on a deadline for negotiations to reduce the world?s greenhouse gases, officials said...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Take That shut door on Williams
Take That's Gary Barlow says there is "no place" in the reunited group for former member Robbie Williams...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Hi-tech tools divide social sites
Social network firms reveal tools and technologies that aim to make the sites more than places to keep in touch...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Teachers get above inflation rise
Scots teachers get an above inflation three year pay deal of just over 7% after talks with the government...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
No 10 dismisses EU treaty 'fuss'
A row over Gordon Brown's late arrival for an EU treaty signing is a "fuss over nothing," says No 10...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
'Burger bar' oil plant withdrawn
Plans for a £50m power plant run on renewable sources such cooking oil from burger bars are shelved...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
12-year-old beaten in gang attack
A County Antrim man says his family is being terrorised after his son is attacked by a gang of men...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Major appeal cases back in court
Three major Scottish appeal cases, including that of the Lockerbie bomber, are due back at court...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Car-ringing gang members jailed
Four members of a multi-million pound "car-ringing" gang, who stole dozens of luxury vehicles, are jailed...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Musharraf assumes nuclear control
President Musharraf takes control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons away from the prime minister...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Bush hopes for new baseball era
US President George W Bush says he hopes a major report will help end the illegal use of steroids in baseball...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Belarus backs Russia on missiles
Belarus says it will back Russia if the US overrides Moscow's objections to building new missile bases in Europe...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
'Nothing to fear' from SA's Zuma
Jacob Zuma, the favourite to become the next leader of South Africa's ANC, denies that he would change economic policy...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Capello named new England manager
Italian Fabio Capello signs a four-and-a-half year deal to become the new England manager...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Football: Match ban for Ferguson
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is banned from the touchline for two matches by the Football Association...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Man jailed over 14m fake coins
A man who produced fake pound coins worth an estimated £14m is jailed for five years...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Arrest warrant in Litvinenko case
Russian politician Andrei Lugovoi, wanted by UK police for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, will be arrested if he enters any European country...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Climate talks 'on brink' of deal
The UN's senior climate official says the Bali summit is on the brink of a deal on cutting carbon emissions...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Iraq crash death soldier named
A British soldier who died after a road accident on Wednesday in Iraq, has been named by the Ministry of Defence...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Man's flood death was accidental
A jury returns a verdict of accidental death at the inquest of a man trapped in a grille in the summer floods...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Basra residents blame UK troops
The vast majority of Basra residents think British troops have had a negative effect on the Iraqi region, a BBC poll suggests...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Iraqi oil exceeds pre-war output
Iraqi oil output is now back above the levels seen before the 2003 invasion, says the International Energy Agency...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Report Says North Korea Replies to Bush?s Letter
North Korea has replied to a personal letter from President Bush, pledging to dismantle its nuclear program but calling on Washington to fulfill promises under an international disarmament-for-aid deal, a news report said Friday...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
E.U., Eyes on Kosovo, to Offer Serbia Fast Track
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders are set to offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership of the bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit said...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Bolivia Leader Is Mobilizing Armed Forces
President Evo Morales put this nation?s armed forces on a state of alert on Thursday as four of Bolivia?s provinces prepared declarations seeking greater autonomy from the central government...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Microsoft accused on net browser
Microsoft is being accused of stifling competition by tying its Internet Explorer browser to Windows...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Watson 'lucky to survive surgery'
Singer Russell Watson says he thought he "was not going to make it" through brain surgery to remove a tumour...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Chancellor's tax delay criticised
The chancellor Alistair Darling has been met with a barrage of criticism after he delayed changes to capital gains tax...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Up to 3,000 patients' data stolen
A laptop stolen from a doctors' surgery contains personal details of up to 3,000 patients, it emerges...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Disease survival rates 'improve'
The NHS is reducing waiting times for treatment, improving survival rates and living within its budget, a report says...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Man's drain death was 'accident'
A jury returns a verdict of accidental death at the inquest into the death of a man who died during the summer floods...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Christmas custody for 15-year-old
A 15-year-old girl is to spend Christmas in custody because she is "out of control", a High Court judge rules...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Lebanon mourns slain army chief
The funeral for Gen Francois al-Hajj, who was assassinated on Wednesday, is underway in the Lebanese capital Beirut...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
EU set for Serbia deal on Kosovo
EU leaders in Brussels are expected to offer Serbia a fast track route to candidacy in a deal linked to Kosovo...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Brazil and Venezuela link trade
Brazil and Venezuela pledge closer ties on trade and energy, including the building of a new refinery together...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Japanese parliament in deadlock
Japan's government extends the parliamentary session in an effort to win approval of a controversial navy bill...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
ANC deeply divided, admits Mbeki
South Africa's President Mbeki says the leadership battle in his party is causing more bitterness than ever before...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Computer skills 'undervalued'
An employee's computer skills are still undervalued in the UK board room, software giant Microsoft claims...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Stronger drinks put many at risk
Updated methods for calculating alcohol consumption classify many more people as drinking too much...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
George denies Jill Dando murder
Barry George pleads not guilty at the Old Bailey to the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando in 1999...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Brown urged to resist coal rush
A prominent US climate scientist makes a personal plea to the UK and Germany to block new coal-fired power stations...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Darwins spend Christmas in jail
'Missing' canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne will both remain in custody until 11 January...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Diana's letters to Dodi revealed
The details of letters written from Princess Diana to Dodi Al Fayed are revealed at the inquest into their deaths...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Climate talks stalled amid rows
UN climate talks in Bali continue past their scheduled close as the EU and US keep wrangling over emissions cuts...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Switzerland: Right-Wing Party Leaves Government
The popular right-wing Swiss People?s Party, Switzerland?s biggest, pulled out of the coalition cabinet, ending nearly a half-century of consensus government...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Brazil: Tax Blow for Da Silva
The Brazilian Senate refused to renew an unpopular tax on financial transactions like checks and A.T.M. withdrawals...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Zimbabwe: Party Backs the Usual President
President Robert G. Mugabe?s party nominated him as its candidate in the presidential election in March, demonstrating his continuing influence despite Zimbabwe?s economic collapse...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Panama: Noriega Gets New Hearing on Extradition
Manuel Antonio Noriega will get a new hearing in Miami to try to avoid extradition to France from the United States...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
United Nations: Probation for Trader in Oil-For-Food Fraud
Ludmil Dionissiev, an oil trader, was sentenced in New York to two years of probation and a $5,000 fine for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the United Nations oil-for-food program...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
India: 5 Killed in Assam Train Blast
A bomb tore through a New Delhi-bound high-speed train traveling in northeast Assam State, killing five passengers...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Malaysia: 5 Indians Held Under Draconian Law
The government detained five leaders of an ethnic Indian organization under a strict and rarely used security law after they were accused of threatening national security...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Lice in Fish Farms Endanger Wild Salmon, Study Says
Parasites that breed in fish farms kill so many passing juvenile wild salmon that they threaten the survival of fish populations in some rivers and streams, Canadian researchers say...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Ex-Premier of Canada Admits ?Error?
Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney acknowledged to a parliamentary committee that he had accepted large cash payments from a German-Canadian arms dealer and lobbyist beginning in 1993...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
French Officials Hounded by Criticism Over Qaddafi Visit
Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi?s visit to Paris has been tarnished by fierce criticism that he has refused to address human rights abuses in Libya and that President Nicolas Sarkozy has been too nice about it...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Treaty on Running European Union Is Signed
The new treaty, which changes the way the bloc is run, includes the creation of a permanent post of E.U. president to represent Europe on the world stage...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Challenged, Syria Extends Crackdown on Dissent
Syria escalated a crackdown on dissent a week after critics elected a leadership committee in an unusually direct and public challenge to President Bashar al-Assad?s authority...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Exiled to a War Zone, for His Safety
A refugee mother made the extraordinary decision to send her son back to war-torn Liberia to stay out of trouble...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Argentine Leader Faults U.S. on Inquiry
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner lashed out at the United States on Thursday for meddling in Latin American affairs...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Berlin Journal: Crimes Against Children Set Off a Debate About Care
Tales of the neglect, abuse and even murder of children have prompted a national conversation about how Germany cares for its children...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
House Passes Restrictions on Interrogation Methods
The House voted Thursday to prohibit waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods used by the C.I.A. against high-level prisoners from Al Qaeda...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Violent Day in Iraq Begins With Liquor Store Bombings
Liquor stores are frequent targets of bombings and other violence by Islamic militants seeking to end any sale of alcohol in Iraq...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
For China and Vietnam, a Highway Link Means Speedy Growth
Construction workers from Vietnam and China will soon join forces to build a highway that promises to bring new wealth to their once heavily guarded border regions...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Abbas?s Premier Tells Israel to Reopen Gaza
The moderate Palestinian Authority government based in the West Bank, in a departure from past policy, publicly called on Israel to lift economic restrictions on the Gaza Strip...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Gore Joins Chorus Chiding U.S. at Climate Talks
Former Vice President Al Gore told delegates in Bali, ?My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here.?...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
British Inquiry of Failed Plots Points to Iraq?s Qaeda Group
The bungled attacks in London and Glasgow six months ago would be the first attacks that the group has been involved in outside of the Middle East...
New York Times - December 14, 2007
Extinction threat to wild salmon
Canadian wild salmon are being driven to extinction by outbreaks of parasites from fish farms, a study claims...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Doctors urge folic acid progress
A group of doctors urges the government to proceed with the folic-acid fortification of flour...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Experts back more talk in class
Education experts say children should be allowed to talk more in class...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Ministers arrive for Afghan talks
Defence and foreign ministers arrive in Edinburgh to discuss the future of Afghanistan...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Ministers meet for Afghan talks
Ministers from countries with troops in southern Afghanistan are set to meet in Scotland to discuss the country's future...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Canoeist case couple due in court
Missing canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne are due to appear before magistrates accused of deception...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Bid to kidnap Uribe sons 'foiled'
A plot by Colombian left-wing rebels to kidnap President Uribe's sons has been foiled, Colombian police say...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
F1: McLaren sorry for spy row
McLaren apologise for their role in Formula One's spying saga, which is now set to be brought to a close...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
IT knowledge 'undervalued'
Computer skills are still undervalued in the UK board room, software giant Microsoft claims...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Hips extended to all properties
All one- and two-bedroom properties for sale in England and Wales now need a Home Information Pack...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Navy story decisions condemned
MPs criticise the decision not to discipline anyone involved in allowing a captured navy crew sell their stories...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
'U-turn' over sight-saving drugs
The NHS drug watchdog in England and Wales reverses a decision to limit drugs for a leading cause of blindness...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Foot-and-mouth 'wasn't contained'
The government had not controlled the first foot-and-mouth outbreak this summer, a study suggests...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
US baseball 'rife' with drug use
Dozens of baseball players are linked to banned substances in a report that alleges a serious drug culture...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Flood funding 'too inconsistent'
A public funding watchdog criticises the government's financial response to the summer's floods...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Crime victim pay-outs 'too slow'
Victims of violent crimes are being compensated too slowly, the National Audit Office says...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Army 'losing battalion' to drugs
The Army is dismissing the equivalent of a battalion of soldiers every year for taking drugs, a report says...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
Climate talks near end amid row
On the last day of UN climate talks in Bali, delegates remain deadlocked over future cuts in greenhouse gas emissions...
BBC News - December 14, 2007
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